ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,797, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Holding mechanism, robot device" was invented by Yoshiki Suwa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding mechanism configured to hold a wire rod includes a band configured to fasten the wire rod, and a holding member. The holding member includes a contact portion configured to come into contact with the wire rod, a first regulation portion configured to regulate a position of a first portion of the band, and a second regulation portion configured to regulate a position of a second portion of the band. A distance between the first regulation portion and the se...